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March 8, 2015

Selma civil rights milestone marked by first black president

By JAY REEVES and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — America’s racial history “still casts its long shadow upon us,” President Barack Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and remembrance with civil rights activists

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